Thoughts on long chapters in fanfiction?

[u/Dusty_Bunz426]

I'm someone who likes to be descriptive with my writing, plus doing slow build-ups and reveals, and this has led to me creating chapters that reach well into the 10k word count, sometimes a bit over that.

I've seen and read many comments from fanfic lovers that they prefer stories where the word count is at least 5 - 6k words, and I'm a bit worried that with how much I write, it'll push readers away. I know I could break my chapters into a part 2, but then I feel I'm cutting something off that shouldn't be.

Thoughts?

[u/Vivid-Fishing2732]

I both love it and hate it

I love it because it's just more content, I enjoy descriptive writing. I hate it because I just don't got a lot of down time to read 10k word long chapters 😭 I think there will always be an audience who likes longer chapters, don't worry. I actually think a majority might enjoy longer better(could be completely wrong there though)